Denise Poiret by Delphi

Delphi

22,5 x 16,7 cm

1919

Gelatin silver print

GALK 3978

Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

Wife of fashion designer Paul Poiret, Denise Poiret is seen here in the Mythe dress she wore to a soirée at L'Oasis, the glamorous Paris nightspot. The photograph was taken in the salon of the Poiret fashion house at 26 Avenue d'Antin, against a backdrop of striped/floral wallpaper from the Ateliers Martine. Behind her is Brancusi's sculpture Bird, bought by Paul Poiret in 1912. Muse as well as model, Denise Poiret was a living advertisement for her husband, who used her as the prototype figure for his Empire line dresses.